Google, ITA decision could come Friday: sources

WASHINGTON: The Justice Department will probably announce an agreement Friday with Google that would allow him to buy a business ticketing software company while requiring products ITA Software will remain available to rival Google, a source close to the case said Friday.

A second source said a deal was "looking likely, " and that an announcement could come today possibly.

Google, No. 1 worldwide Internet search engines, said in July it would buy ITA Software for $ 700 million in cash, an announcement that triggered concern in the world of technology that Web sites such as Kayak Trip TripAdvisor and could be deprived of ITA Software.

A condition would touch on the licensing of technology products to rivals of Google, said a third source, who spoke privately to protect the relationship with the agency. - (Reuters)